Harriet Medin

Harriet Medin was an Italian/American actor and dialect coach who worked in Italian and American films. She appeared in the cult film Death Race 2000. 

Harriet appeared in several films, acted as a dialogue coach, dubbed films into English and worked as a coach and personal assistant to Gina Lollobrigida

She met Orson Welles on the set of Prince of Foxes (1949) with Welles hiring her to teach diction to the actress Lea Padovani who Welles wished to play Desdemona in his ongoing production of Othello (released in 1951).

In addition to dubbing Italian films in English, Harriet also acted as a dialogue coach and cast such films as Beat the Devil (1954) and The Hills Run Red (1966) as well as acting as a film extra. Harriet's last film in Italy was John Huston's Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967); she accompanied Gina Lollobrigida to America to coach her on The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell (1968).